On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Raymond E. Feist <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Both are what is commonly known as "abandonware." The copyrights still > exist,but the company that owns them is pretty much a file box in a > warehouse somewhere. The $2.99 is, I would bet in the fine print, a > downloading fee, not any claim to ownership. > > If you have a DOS box have fun. > > I think GOG actually goes and licenses the games with the original holder -- so whatever entity still holds contracts for Activision/Sierra. At the very least, when they add titles they add them in a group by original license holder. And based on some recent additons from Team17, which is still in existence and were themselves promoting the release of their old library on GOG, they're actually doing it right -- at least with them.
They also build in wrappers so you don't have to download/install DOSbox separately, but it (or a similar product) is included and preconfigured for the game. Makes it simple enough for most anyone.
